Ellestin
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doing this now, but limiting myself to three. There are countless albums that have made my life significantly happier (or more difficult/challenged but in a positive way), but as to those having had a revolutionary impact on me, changing my horizon dramatically, I see only the following:
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The album (and the movie associated) that got me interested in music in the first place. Beforewards I was just a casual radio listener with a mere undefined liking for rocking stuff. 15 years later I am well aware that The Wall is far from being the summit of their career, music-wise, but my personal bond to those songs and the world outlook I developed through them is stronger than ever.
In The Woods... - Omnio
I can still picture very clearly this searing hot day in August 1997, when I received this in the mail with little anticipation and was instantly frozen in place as soon as the opening violin part starting to flow across my bedroom, making me feel like reaching a comforting hand into the speakers... This album taught me a lot on myself (care crew style) and has to a large extent redefined the standards of what I've been expecting from music ever since. Even though I've of course grown weary of playing it every day, then every week, etc., each listen (3-4 times a year now, I'd say) remains a precious experience.
Comus - First Utterance
I'll never be thankful enough to Doomcider and Prick Sirloin for whoring this out. Every second of it is worth all the life lost perusing RC. I remember posting back then that listening to it gave me a shock similar to discovering Omnio. Well, there you go. Like Demilich, it was also the gateway to the whole acid folk/prog/kraut smalah that nowadays makes up about half of my music consumption. Has it changed my life? Well, as a matter of fact I find myself a lot more outgoing and knowledge-hungry about things (culture, nature...) since I've opened up to this scene. Maybe I'm overplaying the link, maybe not. Whatever, seeing those mad fucks perform (amazingly) live on March 2008 was almost too much to bear. I sure hope to see them again somewhere in Europe before they call it quits for good.
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The album (and the movie associated) that got me interested in music in the first place. Beforewards I was just a casual radio listener with a mere undefined liking for rocking stuff. 15 years later I am well aware that The Wall is far from being the summit of their career, music-wise, but my personal bond to those songs and the world outlook I developed through them is stronger than ever.
In The Woods... - Omnio
I can still picture very clearly this searing hot day in August 1997, when I received this in the mail with little anticipation and was instantly frozen in place as soon as the opening violin part starting to flow across my bedroom, making me feel like reaching a comforting hand into the speakers... This album taught me a lot on myself (care crew style) and has to a large extent redefined the standards of what I've been expecting from music ever since. Even though I've of course grown weary of playing it every day, then every week, etc., each listen (3-4 times a year now, I'd say) remains a precious experience.
Comus - First Utterance
I'll never be thankful enough to Doomcider and Prick Sirloin for whoring this out. Every second of it is worth all the life lost perusing RC. I remember posting back then that listening to it gave me a shock similar to discovering Omnio. Well, there you go. Like Demilich, it was also the gateway to the whole acid folk/prog/kraut smalah that nowadays makes up about half of my music consumption. Has it changed my life? Well, as a matter of fact I find myself a lot more outgoing and knowledge-hungry about things (culture, nature...) since I've opened up to this scene. Maybe I'm overplaying the link, maybe not. Whatever, seeing those mad fucks perform (amazingly) live on March 2008 was almost too much to bear. I sure hope to see them again somewhere in Europe before they call it quits for good.
